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Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2012-13 Offender Cohort

This publication provides analyses of trends in reconviction figures up to the latest cohort of 2012-13.

Table 2: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender, by gender

Gender	Number of offenders	Reconviction rate	Average number of reconvictions per offender
Males
1997-98	45,705	32.9	0.63
1998-99	41,841	32.9	0.64
1999-00	37,564	32.2	0.61
2000-01	35,271	32.7	0.62
2001-02	36,966	33.4	0.65
2002-03	37,780	33.9	0.66
2003-04	39,511	33.7	0.64
2004-05	41,523	33.2	0.63
2005-06	42,203	33.7	0.62
2006-07	44,757	33.4	0.62
2007-08	44,380	32.2	0.59
2008-09	41,425	32.5	0.61
2009-10	39,400	31.7	0.58
2010-11	36,992	31.5	0.57
2011-12	36,435	30.7	0.56
2012-13	34,668	29.6	0.53
Females
1997-98	7,739	25.4	0.51
1998-99	7,304	25.8	0.52
1999-00	6,665	25.7	0.49
2000-01	6,297	26.4	0.48
2001-02	6,685	26.8	0.51
2002-03	7,081	27.3	0.52
2003-04	7,473	27.2	0.53
2004-05	7,845	27.9	0.52
2005-06	8,121	26.2	0.48
2006-07	8,543	27.1	0.49
2007-08	8,662	26.4	0.48
2008-09	8,227	26.5	0.53
2009-10	8,014	25.0	0.47
2010-11	7,719	23.9	0.45
2011-12	7,393	24.0	0.46
2012-13	7,042	23.3	0.43

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